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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

Picryl description: Public domain illustrated travel, exploration, and geography book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A tour in America in 1798, 1799, and 1800 : Exhibiting sketches of soc...

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Man versus woman a comedy in one act

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Willamette Falls Lock Chamber No.1, Willamette River, West Linn, Clack...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a canal, barge, historic place, water reflection, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Poplar Hill, Pigeon Cote, 7606 Woodyard Road, Clinton, Prince George's...

See HABS MD-315 for written historical description. Survey number: HABS MD-315-E

[Study drawings for the figure of Agriculture in the mural Peace and p...

Study drawings show the hands, feet and face of the allegorical figure of Agriculture for the Library of Congress mural Peace and prosperity. The mural was installed in the Jefferson Building in 1896.

Zanja No. 3, Brick Culvert, Alameda Street between Temple & Aliso Stre...

Significance: Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo... More

Langholff House & Barn, State Route 109, Watertown, Jefferson County, ...

Significance: This building is an especially interesting example of a type of half-timber construction built by early German settlers in Wisconsin and known in Germany as Fachwerkbau. It is the only building o... More

Letter from John and Susan Corlis to Joseph, George and Mary Ann Corli...

John & Mary Felderman Farm, Barn, Northeast Corner of County Roads 56 ...

Survey number: HABS CO-129-B Building/structure dates: ca. 1908 Initial Construction

Indiana State Fair and Exposition. Twenty-second annual exhibition und...

I. Title. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 19, Folder 33b.

Savannah & Ogeechee Barge Canal, Between Ogeechee & Savannah Rivers, S...

For additional documentation, see also HALS GA-5 (Savannah-Ogeechee Canal) Significance: The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal was the first barge canal built in Georgia. Built during the 'canal building' era of Ame... More

Savannah & Ogeechee Barge Canal, Between Ogeechee & Savannah Rivers, S...

For additional documentation, see also HALS GA-5 (Savannah-Ogeechee Canal) Significance: The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal was the first barge canal built in Georgia. Built during the 'canal building' era of Ame... More

Relocation good-byes, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel...

Mrs. Otsuno Nakaji, three-quarter length portrait, standing against the open door of an automobile, facing left. Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Original neg. no.: LC-A35-6-M-52. ... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

Kiskiack, Naval Mine Depot, State Route 238 vicinity, Yorktown, York C...

Significance: "Kiskiack" or the "Henry Lee House" exists as an eighteenth-century artifact characterized by extravagant brickwork popular in the mid 1720s. Kiskiack's most salient features are its T-shaped chi... More

FSA (Farm Security Administration) client with mules bought by governm...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of farming, farmer, agriculture, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Samuel Probst Farm, Barn, Farrandsville Road, approximately 2.1 miles ...

Photo caption pages & written data include site & floor plans. Significance: As the primary original outbuilding of the Samuel Probst Farm, the barn contributes to the character and integrity of this early 20th... More

Samuel T. Brown's Sheep Ranch, Bunkhouse, 100 feet east of original re...

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McCann Road Bridge, Spanning Thornapple River at McCann Road, Hastings...

Significance: The McCann Road bridge is the oldest and one of the few multi-span, pin connected, Pratt Pony Highway Bridges surviving in Michigan. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1... More

Dundale, Dundale Lane, .1 mile West of County Line Road, Villanova, De...

Written data includes a photocopy of a location map. Significance: Dundale is significant for several reasons: Built in 1890 in a late Victorian eclectic style, it is one of the few remaining large country hous... More

John Conrad House, Sheidy Road (Penn Township), Mount Pleasant, Berks ...

Written documentation includes outbuildings. Significance: This is an excellent example of a typical Pennsylvania German family farm that has developed continuously since the middle of the eighteenth century, T... More

Brighton Grange Hall, 263 Brighton Dam Road at New Hampshire Avenue, B...

Significance: The only extant Grange Hall in Montgomery County, and one of the few in the State. Its presence at the crossroads of this small farming community was a reflection of the economic development of th... More

Cottonwood Ranch, Route 24, Studley, Sheridan County, KS

1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-12 Survey number: HABS KS-60

Log House, State Route 750 vicinity, The Plains, Fauquier County, Virg...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-3 Survey number: HABS VA-11-6 Building/structure dates: before 1775 Initial Construction

University of Florida, Floyd Hall, Gainesville, Alachua County, FL

These drawings were donated to the H/H collection by the University of Florida's College of Architecture; the drawings were produced by architecture students at the University of Florida who chose to participat... More

Westover, State Route 630/U.S. Route 1 vicinity (Old Town Neck), Eastv...

Significance: The significant features of this abandoned 18th-century farmhouse include and English bond brick chimney and fine interior paneling. Survey number: HABS VA-957 National Register of Historic Plac... More

Mulberry Fields, State Route 244, Valley Lee, St. Mary's County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-83 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mulberry Fields, State Route 244, Valley Lee, St. Mary's County, MD

Survey number: HABS MD-83 Public domain photograph - historical image of Maryland, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Whitney Plantation, Outbuildings, Louisiana Route 18, Wallace, St. Joh...

Significance: The land on which Whitney Plantation is situated was originally granted to German settlers brought to Louisiana in 1718 by the Company of the Indies. A Spanish map dated 1803 indicates that the p... More

F. & H. Benning Company Oyster Mill, 14430 Solomons Island Road (moved...

For additional information on the F. & H. Benning Company, see HAER No. MD-138. Significance: The F. & H. Benning Company is a remnant of the once vital and significant Chesapeake Bay oyster industry. The F. &... More

Melrose Plantation, Creole Barn, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Melrose Creole Barn was constructed circa 1810 as a single room storage barn surrounded on four sides by a hipped roof gallery. Although the central r... More

Melrose Plantation, Creole Barn, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoc...

1999 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: Melrose Creole Barn was constructed circa 1810 as a single room storage barn surrounded on four sides by a hipped roof gallery. Although the central r... More

Spang House, 3 miles North of State Route 562, West side of Manatawny ...

Significance: A good example of a rural Pennsylvania German version of a late eighteenth century Georgian home. Survey number: HABS PA-1033 Building/structure dates: 1795 Initial Construction Building/struc... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California...

English businessman Charles Finch Dowsett (1835 or 1836-1915) travelled across America by rail in 1890 to become an agent for land sales in Merced County, California. A start in life (1891?) is a book-length pi... More

J. E. Rhoads & Sons, 2100 West Eleventh Street, Wilmington, New Castle...

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Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Theodore Roosevelt Island, Potomac River, Washington, District of Colu...

See also HABS DC-28 for additional documentation, includes drawings, photographs, and written data. See also HAER VA-87, includes written data. Significance: Theodore Roosevelt Island's primary significance res... More

Bacon's Castle, State Route 617, Surry, Surry County, Virginia

Significance: The fine old brick mansion in the lower part of the County, known as "Bacon's Castle", was built by Arthur Allen, ancestor of the Claremont Allens, in 1665. It was referred to as "Allen's Brick H... More

Keefe-McDerby Mine Ditch, East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksvi...

The original survey used the address "East of East Bidwell Street between Clarksville Road and Highway 50." At the time of the addendum, the address was changed to "Between Clarksville Road and White Rock Road,... More

Weikert Barn, Emmitsburg Road, U.S. 15, Gettysburg, Adams County, PA

Significance: It is one of three pre-Civil War buildings on the Weikert Farm. The barn was originally a double-bay log barn, but significant alterations have changed the appearance. One complete log bay has bee... More

George Washington diary, 1762. Autograph manuscript written in the lea...

AMs written in the leaves of the 1762 Virginia Almanack. Topics include farming, horse breeding, and the management of Mount Vernon. One of forty-one original George Washington diaries, and one of five diaries ... More

Protest of the farmer: address of President L. L. Polk to Citizens All...

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Richmond Hill Plantation, Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed, East of Richmond H...

Significance: The Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed was used to pack lettuce grown in the adjacent Cherry Hill Marsh. Iceberg lettuce was the most successful of Henry Ford's experimental crops. Survey number: HABS GA-... More

Richmond Hill Plantation, Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed, East of Richmond H...

Significance: The Cherry Hill Lettuce Shed was used to pack lettuce grown in the adjacent Cherry Hill Marsh. Iceberg lettuce was the most successful of Henry Ford's experimental crops. Survey number: HABS GA-... More

Riddle Bridge, Spanning Gasconada River, Dixon, Pulaski County, MO

Significance: Riddle Bridge is a Pennsylvania (Petit) span with timber stringer approach spans on each end. The metal truss is unique within Missouri because each alternate laced vertical member (numbers 3, 5,... More

Norris Farm, House, .5 mile west of County Road 857 & .25 mile east of...

Significance: Constructed in three different periods between ca. 1780 and ca. 1935, the main house on the Norris Farm demonstrates the development of mid-Atlantic farm architecture. The dwelling was constructe... More

[Albert K. Erwin], Library of Congress narratives collection

[Albert K. Erwin], Library of Congress narratives collection

Oral history with 62 year old male, Argenta, British Columbia (Transcr...

For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 62 year old male living in Argenta. Parents immigrated to Canada from Uk... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Wyoming, 330 Thrift Street (11530 Thrift Road), Clinton, Prince George...

Significance: Wyoming is architecturally significant as a well preserved example of a substantial, early settlement period dwelling in the southern Tidewater tradition, the distinguishing feature of which is it... More

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Selections from letters written during a tour through the United State...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.